The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-18

money Is the root OF all evil" We
are all willing to acknowledge this, and
yet our days. months and years are
spent in the search (vain though it
prove nine times out of ten) for said
'root." We may be very fond of using
the above quotation, and yet in our
secret hearts we envy those who are
more fortunate in their quest than our
selves. For instance we read letters
from Mrs. A., who is spending such a
delightful winter in Europe; travelling
from city to city, from country to
country, with nothing to do but enjoy
herself; from Miss B. who gives such
spicy accounts of mingling in Washing
ton gaties; from Mrs. c., who has the
good fortune to see behind the scenes
in this same capital city; from young
d., who is revealing amid California's
buds and blossoms; from Miss f., who,
careless and free, roams among the
orange groves and natural flower
gardens of sunny Florida; from =.
But il is enough 1.-The root of, all
evil is the root of all this pleasure
and enjoyment
We hear now and then, Of a munifi-
cent bequest to some college or society,
which immortalizes the name of the
donor, and we sigh and murmur in
discontinued accents, IF only zoe had
been richr'
wealth is power" is perhaps the
most indisputable trusim of the present
day, and peculiarly applicable to the
age. 1t yields despotic sway in
affairs in which nation is party to,
as well as in the humblest transactions
OF private life. The true secret of its
power however, lies in the lamentable
fact that there are few things in this
world. from a birth-right down, that
cannot be bought-yes, bought-with
few paltry dollars. Wealth makes So
ciety; it is the bone and sinew OF trade,
commerce and enterprise; the heart and
life-blood of politics. and, we regret
the admission, operates to an alarming
extent in religion. 1t is the chief and
almost essential qualification for
hero, patriot, alaw-maker, statesman,
ruler or judge. 1t is with money as
with any other good things-it is the
abuse, instead OF the use, that makes
the trouble. How forcibly is this il
Illustrated, as we take up some perod-
cal where the great and pressing need
for aid in all departments Of charity
and philanthropy is wildly set
forth! The next article will be
headed: Event Of the Sea-
son." and il we have sufficient pa
thence, we can read the glowing ac-
count Of somebody's last grand ball;
so many dollars for floral decorations,
so many for refreshments exclusive of
the wines), SO many more for music,
etc, etc. Then follows long list of
"Important Personages," and last but
not least an elaborate description of
the toilets of mine hostess and her
beautiful daughters. as well as Of all
the other fair ladies'. Total cost of a
few hours of so-called pleasure, many
thousand dollars. One is tempted to
cry out, "Why this wasteP" and in the
words Of Holy Writ exclaim. at might
have been sold for much and given to
the poor"
But the waste is not confined to the
world alone; the church is, in many in
stances equally guilty. Look at some
of her buildings, in large cities
especially. Why cannot sho be arous.
ed to see her selfshnessP Spending
her substance on show and costly
adornment, when there are eight hum
dted and fifty-six million immortal
souls going down 10 endless death, un-
less she speedily send them the eight"
Truly, II all the money in the world
could be put to its legitimate use, how
soon would the nations now sitting in
heather darkness be evangelical. the
hungry fed, the naked clothed, and
peace and prosperity reign. Vein'a
CaidtoeH MelvilIe, in ST. Louis